Andrew Collins on The Guardian's Telly Addict video review feature has taken a look at both the final episode of Broadchurch and the first episode of The Politician's Husband.

Andrew Collins praises the emotional power of Olivia Colman's performance in Broadchurch and said of the conclusion, “It
was the getting there that counted and the getting there was good”

Andrew was slightly less keen on The Politician's Husband which began on Thursday, finding parts of it obvious and clichéd. However, he still rated it high enough to want to return for more.

Watch the full video blog below - be aware that the Broadchurch clip used could be regarded as a spoiler if you haven't watched the final episode.

Broadchurch is released on DVD on Monday 20th May. Pre-order your copy hereThe Politician's Husband continues on Thursday 2nd May at 9pm on BBC Two. The DVD will be released on Monday 13th May - pre-order it here

The latest issue of the Radio Times (4-10 May) features an article regarding the violent rape scene which will air within the first few minutes of episode 2 of The Politician's Husband.David Tennant's character Aiden Hoynes attacks his wife Freya (Emily Watson) and subjects her to a particularly disturbing and sickening act.

"In fairness to The Politician's Husband both Tennant and Watson are excellent, they make the scene revolting and not remotely titillating. There is no doubt that this is an attack, Freya is clearly in agony." says Alison Graham.

The article ponders whether a BBC Two drama is the correct place for such scenes to take place with Graham saying:"I'm old fashioned enough not to want to witness something so unsparingly brutal on BBC2. Yes, BBC2. Nice civilised BBC2, home of The Great British Bake Off. The very idea!"

Graham approached the BBC on the subject who told her:"This scene goes to the heart of the emotional story for the c…

Russell Tovey has revealed that he was recommended for the role of the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who. The role went to Matt Smith obviously, but apparently Russell T Davies tipped Tovey for the part and was keen for him to be David Tennant's replacement in the TARDIS.

He tells The Independent:“Russell texted me to say, ‘Look, I’ve said this quote about how you should be the next Doctor Who, so if it goes a bit crazy …’ And I was, ‘Oh, that’s fine …’, and then suddenly it just went everywhere: people messaging me from my childhood and lots of remarks like, ‘His ears are too big for the TARDIS, they’ll be flapping about.’ People were starting to get really personal.”

But Tovey says he has no regrets about not landing the high profile role and adds:“It would have terrified me, I don’t know what I would have done with all the attention.”

The six track EP featuring music from the ITV drama series Broadchurch by Icelandic composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds is now available for US customers to download via the US iTunes store. The EP costs $4.99, while individual tracks may be downloaded for $1.29 each

A Doctor Who fan’s paradise will land in Sydney this Autumn with the first ever Doctor Who pop-up shop opening its doors on Thursday 9th May at 7 Wilson Street, Newtown. The Doctor Who pop-up shop is the first of its kind and will feature exclusive merchandise not currently available in Australian stores including the Doctor Who home range, which boasts a selection of stylish teapots, mugs, tea towels, notebooks, laptop covers and more. With the upcoming 50th anniversary on November 23rd fans can equip themselves for this landmark event with women’s apparel from the US, men’s t-shirts from the UK and replica props and coats from the UK and Canada. Also on offer will be the popular range of toys, gifts, DVDs and books that Australian fans love and as a special treat fans will have the opportunity to have their photo taken in-store with a Dalek and a replica TARDIS. To mark this special event fans are invited to dress up as their favourite Doctor Who characters to celebrate the store openi…

UKTV in Australia have uploaded the trailer for Spies Of Warsaw, which debuts on the channel on Sunday 5th May at 8.30pm

Spies Of Warsaw

David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in Spies Of Warsaw, adapted from Alan Furst’s celebrated novel by Dick Clement and Ian
La Frenais. A thrilling spy story set in Poland,
Paris, London
& Berlin
in the years leading up to the Second World War. French and German intelligence
operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage
battlefield.At the French embassy, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier
(Tennant), a decorated war hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of
abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love
affair with Anna (Montgomery), a Parisian lawyer
for the League of Nations. Their complicated
love affair intensifies as German tanks drive through the Black
Forest.Two 90-minute film ad…

To celebrate the fact that 2013 is the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, we are taking a look back at all of the episodes of the show which featured David Tennant as the Doctor. At the end of our look back we'll be asking you, the fans, to vote for what you think is the ultimate David Tennant episode of Doctor Who....We continue with the next David Tennant episode.... GridlockRead our previous Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Countdown posts here.

Synopsis:
The Doctor just can't keep away from New Earth, and he's got a new companion to impress, so he and Martha are soon off on a quick jaunt to New New York. Their trip doesn't turn out quite how the Doctor imagined though as the inhabitants of the city are preoccupied with regulating thei…

The TARDIS, or Time and Relative Dimension in Space, is the Doctor's vehicle and home that can take him to any place and any time. Now you can control your very own TARDIS! Simply clip the TARDIS onto the clear flight cradle to make it spin and fly. This highly detailed replica electronic toy TARDIS is in scale with the Doctor Who 3.75-inch action figure collection. Features include spring loaded doors, authentic sound FX; take-off and landing light the new TARDIS interior card. Includes flight cradle to make it spin and fly. Includes spring loaded doors new TARDIS interior card. Authentic sound FX; take-off and landing light. Requires 3 x AAA batteries. Click here to pre order for £12.99 - will be released 26th May

A gripping tale of love, war and divided loyalties with Scotland in open rebellion against the Union withEngland. It's 1745 and 21 year old Edward Waverley, a newly commissioned red-coat officer, is posted to Scotland on the eve of Bonnie Prince Charlie's violent bid for power. His father is a rising minister in the ruling Hanoverian state, but the beloved Uncle who brought him up is an old Jacobite, loyal to the exiled Stewart dynasty. Waverley falls in love with two very different Scottish girls - the cautious, loyalist, lowlander Rose Bradwardine, and the fiery highland rebel Flora. He goes AWOL for Flora just as her brother Fergus is rallying their clan to fight for Charlie. When Waverley is accused by his Commanding Officer of a treasonable flirtation with the enemy, he joins the uprising in a fit of pique and h…

Collect and build the universe of Doctor Who with these 3D card diorama playsets that feature different time zones visited by the Doctor in the hit TV series. You can travel between different time zones or clip the sets together to build bigger ‘zones’. The playsets are in scale with the Doctor Who 3.75-inch action figures so you can create your own adventures or simply display your collection. Forbidden Planet have two sets available for pre order now. They will be dispatched in May: Time Zone Playset 1: Dalek Invasion 2075AD Dalek Invasion; 2075AD and the Daleks have invaded Earth once more. Using their mighty Saucer ships they bombard London driving the surviving population underground. Once they land, the Daleks patrol the ground looking for survivors in the rubble to either exterminate or transform into their puppets using Dalek nanocloud technology. In the skies the Daleks use long range ‘Hoverbout’ Anti-gravity disks to pursue the resistance. The TARDIS materialises near to a Trans…

David Tennant has added his name to a letter requesting that MS patients receive fair access to the treatments and help available.

The letter says:

Thousands of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Britain are being denied the treatments, support and access to neurologists and nurses they need. Research by the MS Society shows that six out of 10 eligible people with MS are not getting treatments that can reduce the frequency or severity of attacks, and in some cases slow the progression of disability. Those under the greatest financial pressure are the most in need of social care and support, but the least likely to get it. Access to treatments and services also varies dramatically across Britain. Living with MS can be a daily battle to manage – it shouldn't involve a battle with health and social care authorities, too. As people whose lives are affected by MS, we urge the Government to stop this lottery and ensure people have fair access to the treatments and services they ne…

The Doctor Who - Regeneration DVD Box Set will now be released in the UK and Europe on the 24th June 2013, two weeks later than originally advertised.

This beautifully-packaged individually numbered and limited
edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s
dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000
minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s
regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the
Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by
the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the
Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is
adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and
informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to
DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully
restored with the missing …

The final part of The Great Scott is now available to hear again worldwide on BBC iPlayer. The adaptation of Walter Scott's classic tale Waverley featured David Tennant as the writer and also starred Rupert Evans, Alison McKenzie, Olivia Morgan and Mark Bonnar.

Get yourself your own sonic screwdriver from a new range to be released soon by Character.

Doctor Who Electronic Sonic Screwdriver Collection The Doctor’s multipurpose tool is a Gallifreyan device, with
numerous settings, easily controlled at the press of his thumb. The Doctor has had many sonic screwdrivers of different
designs throughout his life and now you can choose from four previous iconic
designs. The collection includes The Third Doctor, The Fourth
Doctor’s, The Tenth Doctor’s and River Song’s Future Sonic that all feature
realistic sound FX. The Tenth’s Doctor’s Sonic and River’s Future Sonic feature
also feature light FX

Tonight sees the première of Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor, the latest in the monthly series of BBC America specials to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the show. David Tennant is one of the guest stars contributing to the show which explores Tom Baker's time in the role.

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited – The Fourth Doctor BBC AMERICA
celebrates the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, in a new special of Doctor Who:
The Doctors Revisited, followed by the storyline Pyramids of Mars. Baker
played the Doctor for seven consecutive seasons over a seven-year period, making
him the longest-serving actor in the part so far. As the Doctor, he quickly
made the part his own, and with his eccentric style of dress and speech –
particularly his trademark long scarf – immediately became a recognizable
figure. Tom Baker, lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat,
producer Marcus Wilson, companion Louise Jameson, among others,
discuss the most alien Doctor to date and Davro…

Olivia Colman is all in favour of a return to Broadchurch for DS Ellie Miller.

Talking in today's Sunday People she said:

“The writer Chris Chibnall phoned up all the cast recently
to tell us about it. It does sound really, really exciting. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say whether everyone is back
on board. Let’s put it this way I will definitely say yes if they ask me. I thought this series was so great maybe it was
best to leave well alone but then Chris ­explained his idea and I knew it would
be good.” One of the things that concerned Olivia during the filming of the first series of Broadchurch was spending long periods away from her family. Series 1 was filmed in Bridport, Dorset and Bristol. However, it looks as though Chris Chibnall and the producers have taken this into consideration. Olivia said: “It was quite ­intense to film and most of us
have families so there’s talk of doing the indoor scenes in London which would make a huge amount of
difference.” Earlier this…

David Tennant takes on the role of Walter Scott in the third and final adaptation of the classic author's novels by BBC Radio 4. Listen to Waverley at 3pm BST this afternoon on BBC Radio 4

The Great Scott Episode 3 of 3Waverley
by Walter ScottAdapted by Mike Harris A gripping tale of love, war and divided loyalties with Scotland in open rebellion against the Union
with England. It's 1745 and 21year old Edward Waverley, a newly
commissioned red-coat officer, is posted to Scotland on the eve of Bonnie
Prince Charlie's violent bid for power. His father is a rising minister in the
ruling Hanoverian state, but the beloved Uncle who brought him up is an old
Jacobite, loyal to the exiled Stewart dynasty. Waverley
falls in love with two very different Scottish girls - the cautious, loyalist,
lowlander Rose Bradwardine, and the fiery highland rebel Flora. He goes AWOL
for Flora just as her brother Fergus is rallying their clan to fight for
Charlie. When Waverley
is accused by his Comman…